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Stormbreaker (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker) (2006)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 66
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 44

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is strictly children's fare, as it lacks originality, excitement, and believabiltity.

32

Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 17

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is strictly children's fare, as it lacks originality, excitement, and believabiltity.

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An outwardly ordinary teenager finds himself suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances upon discovering that his entire youth was part of an elaborate plan to create the perfect super spy in director Geoffrey Sax's action-packed adaptation of author Anthony Horowitz's best-selling series of novels featuring an adolescent secret agent. Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) always though that his kindly uncle Ian (Ewan McGregor) was your average, everyday nondescript bank manager, but when Ian was

May 22, 2007

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All Critics (74) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (44) | DVD (3)

Nobody wants to see a violent James Bond send-up, with a British teen risking life and limb for Jolly Olde England, matched against a toothpick chomping 'computer genius' villain played by Mickey Rourke.

November 10, 2006 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
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I forgot most of it about 20 seconds after it was over.

October 17, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
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Yes, we've got brand new blond junior and grown-up Bonds this season, but the toughest task for Baby Bond could be finding an audience.

October 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News
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A pointless junior version of James Bond minus the budget (and the suaveness).

October 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
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With so much talent involved with this film, the finished product seems like a waste.

October 13, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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Just when you start to get caught up in the action, one of the supporting actors shows up, mugging and breaking the tension.

October 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger
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Teen spy hero makes leap from book to screen.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

What doesn't quite work are the more overtly jokey bits.

February 12, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
TheMovieReport.com

A moderately enjoyable affair which only drags in the middle.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International
Film Journal International

Jamais parece reconhecer a pouca idade de seu herói, que age como adulto (e como espião experiente) na maior parte do tempo, o que, além de tornar tudo implausível, ainda resulta num filme aborrecidamente convencional.

January 18, 2007
Cinema em Cena

An instantly forgettable confection that'll bore more kids than it entertains.

December 21, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com
DVDTalk.com

This mishmash retread fails to find its own identity on any level and should head straight to cable TV where it belongs.

November 6, 2006
Maxim

An entertaining popcorn movie featuring a veritable who's who of game British actors (and a trio of equally game American performers) who keep the proceedings lively even with a too-predictable plot.

October 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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October 21, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses
Movies for the Masses

It's not much of a plot and TV veteran director Geoffrey Sax struggles with the big-screen demands of action scenes.

October 21, 2006 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Comment (1)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Stormbreaker jarringly shifts back-and-forth from real-world believability to Bond-esque suspense-of-disbelief to Boris-and-Natasha goofiness.

October 17, 2006 Full Review Source: Christianity Today
Christianity Today

Even more damaging is the inescapable fact that as the allegedly dashing and charming Alex, Pettyfer is a complete washout -- he is sullen, mush-mouthed and seems to spend the entire movie in the throes of a perpetual pout.

October 16, 2006 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment (1)
eFilmCritic.com

Stormbreaker plays with, well, not complete authenticity, but more-than-expected authenticity.

October 15, 2006 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine
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Audience Reviews for Stormbreaker (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker)

It's sometimes hard to review a film that is meant for a much younger age group so I can only try to think like the 12 year old me. Yup, I still hate it. When I was younger, I'd watch the James Bond films, I may not have understood all of them but I still enjoyed them. I would never have liked this due to the unlikelihood of a child becoming a spy, James Bond going into space was fine though. Seriously though, I disliked this film immensely.
November 28, 2011
SirPant

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Fun enough but nothing amazing. Full review later.
August 21, 2010
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